Fifty-year rescue volunteers tell tales, give advice
You can't chalk up 50 years of service with the volunteer sea rescue without some interesting stories to tell...

Reports, Happenings, Events
You can't chalk up 50 years of service with the volunteer sea rescue without some interesting stories to tell...
A full fleet of sailing craft will bring the Waitemata Harbour alive....
Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn are sailing in the sunshine so far this January....
470 Class North American Championships had fifty-three 470s hailing from fifteen different countries compete....
Sailing World magazine announced the winners of its 25th annual Boat of the Year awards....
A unique opportunity exists for a dedicated professional to be involved in the creation, implementation and management o...
The Melges 24 fleet had a fantastic six race series over the last two days, racing between North and South head of Sydne...
Images from the Rex Gorell Prestige Etchells Australian Championship 2011 is presented by photographer Teri Dodds....
One of the world's hottest new one-design racing sailboats will compete for the first time....
America's Cup future was showcased by Auckland's Viaduct Harbour with the debut of the wing-sailed AC45 catamaran....
The NZ Laser National Champs at Torbay on Auckland's North Shore from 22nd to 24th January, will be an epic contest....
The 2010-11 Australian 16ft Skiff Championship was sailed on Waterloo Bay at Manly in Brisbane...
Barcelona World Race - Spain's Estrella Damm consolidates their lead at the head of the Race fleet this afteroon...
Velux 5 Oceans sprint two has been taken by Polish solo sailor Zbigniew Gutkowski in the solo round of the world race....
Barcelona World Race - Virbac-Paprec 3 was back on the race course last night after leaving Recife at midnight (UTC)...
Key West Sailing Week - After a fine victory in the ORACLE RC44 last December, Mascalzone Latino is preparing to race...
14 year old West Australian Chris Charlwood has been crowned the 2011 Optimist National Open fleet Champion...
A phenomenal 204 Flying 11 sailors will be contesting their 2011 national titles this week on Lake Macquarie...
Seve Jarvin and his Gotta Love It 7 crew came back strongly after a disastrous Race 1...
14 year old West Australian Chris Charlwood has been crowned the 2011 Optimist National Open fleet Champion....
Strong north to north-westerley winds gave yachtsmen a tough sail in Bellerive Yacht Club's distance pennant race....
Zac Sunderland gave the audience at the boat show in Toronto a humorous rendition of his sailing around the world...
Guinness Book of Records says full-rigged iron windjammer Star of India is the oldest active sailing ship in the world...
The Port Phillip Bay seabreeze, for which Melbourne is renowned, stayed away today until after the Broo Premium Lager Mu...
American solo ocean racer Brad Van Liew today made it two wins from two ocean sprints....
Syndicated yacht ownership pioneer Yachtshare Victoria will market two new boats during the Melbourne International Boat...
SpeedDream has made a decision to build a scaled down 35-foot version of the record setter monohull....
Top international photographer, Chris Cameron, was on hand to capture the launch of the prototype AC45 in Auckland...
Young British sailor, Daniel Henderson (21) has scored the double in the Broo Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff Worl...
Somewhat predictably there was a sharp contrast in moods today between the two Spanish duos....
Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget, was on hand to capture the assembly of the prototype AC45 in Auckl...
America's Cup Regatta Management have announced that John Craig (USA) has been appointed Principal Race Officer of the 3...
From the excellent blog of the Int Dragon Association Stavros recounts the final race of the 2011 Dragon World Champions...
After challenging weather in the Bay of Bengal, all yachts in the Blue Water Rally reached Galle in Sri Lanka safely...
NZ police believe that a British solo sailor whose wrecked yacht was discovered in a New Zealand bay was drowned at sea...
Two young sailors from Australia's tall ship Young Endeavour tell of their time at sea and what it meant to them...
Barcelona World Race ship Foncia were first to arrive in Recife, Brasil last night at between 2330hrs and midnight UTC....
Following a postponment ashore, the first start of race 8 got under way at 13:30 in 6-8knots from 170 degrees....
Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart arrived in the commercial port of Recife (Brazil) at 00:30 (local time)....
Brilliant sunshine, seven knots of breeze greeted competitors on the final day of the Etchells Australian Championship...
Barcelona World Race fleet looms respite from full-throttle sailing....
The British crew aboard Alfie have just taken out the 2011 International Dragon World Championship....
Apparently, not since 1978, when he was sailing a Fireball, has Britain's Lawrie Smith won a World Championship....
Barcelona World Race skippers Dick and Peyron may be contemplating passing into the southern hemisphere....
SE'erly winds have pushed debris straight into Brisbane's most popular kitesurfing beaches
ISAF World Match Racing Tour 2011 - Leading match racers have until 5pm (GMT) on January 17 for final preparations...
Barcelona World Race - As their French rivals prepare to pause and stage right, Estrella Damm takes over the lead....
Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce the following 2011 ORC rules are available for download....
The Laureus World Sports Awards name Victory Fernandez as one of their nominees.
Barcelona World Race - Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella head past the Cape Verde islands today...
The Trailable Yacht Division of Yachting Victoria and the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club are proud to announce a new event....
Few boats are as pyrotechnic as the foiling Moth, a tiny dinghy that packs a lot of interesting technology and physics i...
Active House skipper forced to ration food and water in final days of ocean sprint two...
CYA and Rolex Canada announce the Canadian Rolex Sailor of the Year event...
Recently a fire destroyed an unattended Moody 54 laid up for the winter in Gocek, Turkey, caused by a dehumidifier....
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will support a team of scientists from the Universities of Leeds and Aberystwyth....
ISAF invites bids from parties interested in hosting future editions of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship...
After 55 years, the 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winning International Dragon has made a return to Melbourne....
J24 Nationals day 3 started with similar conditions to the last 2 days and race 7 saw a fine downwind tustle....
Nathan Outteridge proved this week that not only is he freakishly talented but he is very brave....
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Tewantin, QLD |
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Port Hedland, WA |
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Perisher Valley, NSW |
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